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The vow breaker, or, The faire maide of Clifton in Notinghamshire choose

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[UK] W. Sampson Vow-breaker II i: You are ganging to your Lurden, that your Lurden may catch you by the crag, and claw you [...] till your guts gang haggergath .
at claw, v.
[UK] W. Sampson Vow-breaker II ii: I have daunc’d till every joynt about me growes stiffe but that which should be.
at joint, n.
[UK] W. Sampson Vow-breaker IV ii: [Of a new-born baby] Carries it an English Pen, and Inke-horne Or a dutch watch tankard?
at pen, n.1
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